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Light earthquake: M4.8 quake has struck near Hinatuan in Philippines


Earthquake location 8.4911S, 126.7885WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Hinatuan in Philippines. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.7885 East, latitude 8.4911 North, depth = 36.717 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 36.717 km (23 miles). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:58:07 / 5:58 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 27/04/24 / 2024-04-27 17:58:07 / April 27, 2024 @ 5:58 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mufl. Unique identifier: us6000mufl.

Epicenter of the event was 60 km (37 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Bah-Bah (c. 28 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from San Francisco (c. 18 500 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Trento (c. 15 900 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Bunawan (c. 15 500 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Lianga (c. 13 600 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bah-Bah, Bunawan, Libertad.

In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

Questions or comments?

What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 51 km ENE of Hinatuan, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.7885° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.4911° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 36.717 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 51 km ENE of Hinatuan, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-04-27 17:58:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-04-27 22:18:07 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 354 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 141 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.852 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.7 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 79 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000mufl Id of event.
Event Code 6000mufl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mufl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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